on one's back meaning
[American slang]
adj. phr., informal Making insistent demands of you; being an annoyance or bother. My wife has been on my back for weeks to fix the front door screen. I can't get any work done with the children on my back from morning until night. Jim could do a better job if his boss weren't on his back so often.
Antonym: OFF ONE'S BACK.
adj. phr., informal Making insistent demands of you; being an annoyance or bother. My wife has been on my back for weeks to fix the front door screen. I can't get any work done with the children on my back from morning until night. Jim could do a better job if his boss weren't on his back so often.
Antonym: OFF ONE'S BACK.
- set one (back) on one's feet: [American slang]Fi ...
- set one back on one's heels: [American idiom]to ...
- (flat) on one's back: [American slang]il ...
